---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to explanation of advance directives and treating clinicians who may sign a DNR/COLST"
description: "An act relating to explanation of advance directives and treating clinicians who may sign a DNR/COLST"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 690"
citation: "Vermont H. 690 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandy Haas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c83fd9e3-f41f-4822-b226-506a736bf415"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/2252"
source_hash: "1bf1d4f951cad2e84958c3aa0ebb79423c255bcca96e85b5f5a6e7cc5a2698a5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont H. 690 (2017-2018) — An act relating to explanation of advance directives and treating clinicians who may sign a DNR/COLST

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0690/H-0690%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT121/ACT121%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT121/ACT121%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0690/H-0690%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0690/H-0690%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 135, Nays = 0 — **135–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sandy Haas — primary (person)
- Ann Pugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-23** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2018-02-08** Read Second Time
- **2018-02-08** Rep. Haas of Rochester reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2018-02-08** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 135, Nays = 0
- **2018-02-08** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-02-09** Rep. Haas of Rochester moved to amend the bill
- **2018-02-09** Which was agreed to
- **2018-02-09** Rep. Till of Jericho moved to amend the bill
- **2018-02-09** Rep. Haas of Rochester asked that the question be divided
- **2018-02-09** First Instance of amendment agreed to
- **2018-02-09** Second instance of amendment disagreed to
- **2018-02-09** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2018-04-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-04-13** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-04-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-04-17** Reported favorably by Senator Ayer for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-04-18** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor on May 3, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** House message: Governor approved bill on May 3, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c83fd9e3-f41f-4822-b226-506a736bf415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).